The Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (formerly Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg) is a music conservatoire based in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. The conservatoire has a secondary building in Augsburg. The Hochschule The Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg is the result of the merging of the Meistersinger-Konservatorium in Nuremberg and the Leopold-Mozart-Konservatorium in Augsburg in 1998. The Meistersinger-Konservatorium dates back from 1821 when Johannes Scharrer founded the Städtische Singschule, which later became the State Music School (1883) and from 1972 as the "Fachakademie für Musik und Meistersinger-Konservatorium". The courses The hochschule offers degrees and postgraduate qualifications in all orchestral instruments, jazz, popular music, singing, opera, music education, conducting and composition. Notable alumni and faculty This is a partial list of present and former staff and alumni. Werner Andreas Albert (conductor) Measha Brueggergosman (singer) Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (singer) Werner Egk (composer and conductor) Brigitte Fassbaender (singer) Peter Herbolzheimer (trombonist) Karola Obermueller (composer) Claus Ogerman (composer) Nicolás Pasquet (conductor) Hilde Scheppan (soprano) Karl Schmitt-Walter (singer) Magda Schneider (actress) Elisabeth Scholl (soprano) Irmgard Seefried (singer) References External links Official website Education in Nuremberg Nuremberg Music schools in Germany Public universities 1872 establishments in Germany